by Sean Coté | Mar 26, 2024 | Birthrate, D3 Data, D3 Deep Dive, Data democratization, Data Highlights, Detroit, Kit Frohardt-Lane, Series
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) tracks and reports extensive data related to the rate of birth or the occurrence of births within the state over time. They track data statewide, at the county level, and at the local level. This data allows...
by Stephanie | Mar 25, 2024 | Data Highlights, Education, Sean Coté, Stephanie Quesnelle
Recently we’ve had requests to look deeper into data about kids in highly chartered communities. Here are some things that we’ve learned. Charter schools, officially known as Public School Academies in Michigan, are state-supported public schools operating under a...
by Sean Coté | Feb 19, 2024 | D3 Data, D3 Deep Dive, Data democratization, Data Highlights, Data Literacy, Detroit, Food Accessibility, Kit Frohardt-Lane
Food Insecurity: A persistent problem in Southeast Michigan Food insecurity, defined by Healthy People 2030 as “…a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food,” has been an ongoing reality in Southeast Michigan. Since...
by Sean Coté | Nov 8, 2023 | D3 Data, Data Highlights, Detroit, Food Accessibility
Brenna Friday and David Criss are graduate students at Wayne State University (WSU) who are dedicated to studying the drivers and consequences of food insecurity in Detroit, Michigan. Their work in this field is made possible through the support of the Transformative...
by Sean Coté | Aug 22, 2022 | Data Highlights, Data Literacy, Demographics, Detroit, Education, literacy
A persistent datapoint in conversations about Detroit is that nearly ½ of Detroit residents are illiterate. We’ve addressed the problematic methodology of that datapoint before, but we often receive many questions about literacy in the city and Metro Detroit region...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 6, 2015 | Data Highlights, Joshua Long, Walkability
We at D3, like many people throughout Detroit, love the Tigers Opening Day celebration. It is a special day that marks the beginning of warm weather, outdoor activities and of course another hopeful season of baseball. Each year throngs of Tigers fans (and those who...
